Comments on: I Hated My Lawnmower http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/ advocacy for the job seeker Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:06:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Make Simple Changes To Your Job Search | Career Management Alliance Blog http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-433445 Make Simple Changes To Your Job Search | Career Management Alliance Blog Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:37:20 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-433445 [...] we are doing. Check out the first time I wrote about this in one of my favorite blog posts titled I Hated My Lawnmower.  One tiny change made a huge (significant) difference in my lawn mowing experience.  And my [...] [...] we are doing. Check out the first time I wrote about this in one of my favorite blog posts titled I Hated My Lawnmower.  One tiny change made a huge (significant) difference in my lawn mowing experience.  And my [...]

]]> By: JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » Simple Changes To Your Job Search http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-432534 JibberJobber Blog » Blog Archive » Simple Changes To Your Job Search Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:32:43 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-432534 [...] out the first time I wrote about this in one of my favorite blog posts titled I Hated My Lawnmower.  One tiny change made a huge (significant) difference in my lawn mowing experience.  And my [...] [...] out the first time I wrote about this in one of my favorite blog posts titled I Hated My Lawnmower.  One tiny change made a huge (significant) difference in my lawn mowing experience.  And my [...]

]]> By: Putting the Lawnmower Before Your To-Do List | Career Management Alliance Blog http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-376037 Putting the Lawnmower Before Your To-Do List | Career Management Alliance Blog Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:43:29 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-376037 [...] under your skin now that might be fixed with only a minor adjustment? My friend Jason Alba, wrote a great piece about this recently--he lived with a lawnmower that spit grass in his face for years until he spent [...] [...] under your skin now that might be fixed with only a minor adjustment? My friend Jason Alba, wrote a great piece about this recently–he lived with a lawnmower that spit grass in his face for years until he spent [...]

]]> By: Propel Your Career in ‘09 with the Best of ‘08 | Career Management Alliance Blog http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-376013 Propel Your Career in ‘09 with the Best of ‘08 | Career Management Alliance Blog Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:38:54 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-376013 [...] to make a resolution that sticks if you're putting up with something that's always in the way. In I Hated My Lawnmower, author Jason Alba provides a lesson in the satisfaction that can come from fixing a simple but [...] [...] to make a resolution that sticks if you’re putting up with something that’s always in the way. In I Hated My Lawnmower, author Jason Alba provides a lesson in the satisfaction that can come from fixing a simple but [...]

]]> By: On Hurricanes and Avoiding Career Storm Surges | Career Management Alliance Blog http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-376012 On Hurricanes and Avoiding Career Storm Surges | Career Management Alliance Blog Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:35:14 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-376012 [...] I wrote about taking time out to address minor annoyances in life and work (see Jason Alba's post, "I Hated My Lawnmower"). Today, I am thinking about challenges at work or in life that start small, grow larger, and that [...] [...] I wrote about taking time out to address minor annoyances in life and work (see Jason Alba’s post, “I Hated My Lawnmower”). Today, I am thinking about challenges at work or in life that start small, grow larger, and that [...]

]]> By: Young http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-365253 Young Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:31:48 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-365253 I can identify with both the lawn mower and the job issues. For help with the lawn mower, your readers should try http://www.bestratedlawnmowers.com For the job, they should try your advice, get out of bed each day and work 8 hours on getting a job so they can go to work at a job they like. Hard to do - but absolutely necessary. I can identify with both the lawn mower and the job issues. For help with the lawn mower, your readers should try http://www.bestratedlawnmowers.com For the job, they should try your advice, get out of bed each day and work 8 hours on getting a job so they can go to work at a job they like. Hard to do – but absolutely necessary.

]]> By: Willy http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-322401 Willy Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:39:39 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-322401 I had a lawnmower moment when I was thinking about how to increase subscribers to my blog... I made a small change, saw huge results, and wrote about it as a guest post on CopyBlogger http://www.copyblogger.com/increase-blog-subscribers/ Little tweaks can make amazing differences. I had a lawnmower moment when I was thinking about how to increase subscribers to my blog…

I made a small change, saw huge results, and wrote about it as a guest post on CopyBlogger

http://www.copyblogger.com/increase-blog-subscribers/

Little tweaks can make amazing differences.

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-321266 Scot Herrick Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:12:18 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-321266 I would suggest that each of us go outside our daily routine at work and ask ourselves three simple questions: 1. What worked well this week? 2. What could I have improved this week? 3. Is this still the right position for me to be working? You get continuous improvement in your job skills and performance by doing this. And, if you answer number 3 honestly, you get the early warning signs that something isn't right here. And you can get out your pliers and secure the right stuff. I would suggest that each of us go outside our daily routine at work and ask ourselves three simple questions:

1. What worked well this week?
2. What could I have improved this week?
3. Is this still the right position for me to be working?

You get continuous improvement in your job skills and performance by doing this. And, if you answer number 3 honestly, you get the early warning signs that something isn’t right here. And you can get out your pliers and secure the right stuff.

]]> By: sanjeev http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2008/08/18/i-hated-my-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-320531 sanjeev Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:04:43 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=1415#comment-320531 Indeed.. .I wonder what masochistic urge makes us suffer through our jobs (and job searches) in inaction-mode even though we recognize the perils of doing so! Indeed.. .I wonder what masochistic urge makes us suffer through our jobs (and job searches) in inaction-mode even though we recognize the perils of doing so!

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